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[Maiden Voyage]

Windows 11 leak reveals new UI, Start menu, and more

Screenshots reveal new Start menu and taskbar design.

www.theverge.com

 

[infinitys_7th]

Centered Task Bar. . .start menu is just a screen of programs "apps". . .

Not even pretending to not be a mobile OS repackaged at this point. At least Windows 10 had tiles to make it easy to customize and arrange shortcuts in the start menu. If you could just drag and drop from the Task Bar icons' recent files it would have been completely fine once you figured out how to get into the real menus and not the shitty mobile-style menus overlayed on them. I bet all the real menus will be gone in 11.

 

[AJUMP23]

I am just now getting use to 10.

 

[godhandiscen]

Leaks memory?

Sometimes I wish I had a gaming capable PC, but I also remember how frustrated I was when I quit Windows.

 

[6502]

Looks a bit barren. When I get hold of it I will set everything back to classic and complain about things changing when I can't get my printer to install.

Can't wait.

 

[Kenpachii]

Hey my name is microsoft.

We release a new version of windows for you and office.

Improvements?

- scramble icons, which nobody wanted or asked for.

 

[teezzy]

Rounded corners?

Why

 

[Cravis]

Rounds corners! Holy shit guys! ROUNDED F'ING CORNERS!! That's so early 2000s.

 

[The Pleasure]

Rounded corners?

Why

For safety. I met you on a Thursday...

 

[Tranquil]

Wonder if it will be free like 10 was?

 

[teezzy]

Wonder if it will be free like 10 was?

It better be or I'm never upgrading

 

[YCoCg]

That doesn't look appealing at all. Curious as to how it's missing things that are finished/going to be finished in the latest Windows 10 update too.

 

[AJUMP23]

You can move the start menu. Who would want that thing in the middle?

 

[Nobody_Important]

Is there a way to mortgage my soul to not have Windows 11 be a thing. Please. Just let the fully functional and entirely adequate windows 10 last longer.


Please. You money hungry sack of capitalist drive. Just don't do it.

 

[jshackles]

Is there a way to mortgage my soul to not have Windows 11 be a thing. Please. Just let the fully functional and entirely adequate windows 10 last longer.


Please. You money hungry sack of capitalist drive. Just don't do it.

The Windows 10 LTSB will continue getting security patches through 2029. It's an enterprise product though, so you might have to sail the high seas to get it installed. At least the people who chose to hold on to Windows 10 forever will have an option that potentially doesn't leave them vulnerable.

 

[JayK47]

I thought Windows 10 was supposed to be the Windows to end all Windows. I am not looking forward to another OS.

 

[teezzy]

I thought Windows 10 was supposed to be the Windows to end all Windows. I am not looking forward to another OS.

Didn't they say that about 7 and 8 also? lol

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

I thought Windows 10 was supposed to be the Windows to end all Windows. I am not looking forward to another OS.

I thought they said that too.

 

[Nobody_Important]

The Windows 10 LTSB will continue getting security patches through 2029. It's an enterprise product though, so you might have to sail the high seas to get it installed. At least the people who chose to hold on to Windows 10 forever will have an option that potentially doesn't leave them vulnerable.

That's not what I am worried about. One of my duties at my job is to assist with general "computer issues" on my floor and the floor above me if I am available and the move to windows 10 was weeks and weeks of just asinine BS for me. I imagine "Windows 11" won't be very different.

 

[down 2 orth]

An OS designed to sell our personal info

 

[MayauMiao]

I just hope Windows 11 will work flawlessly with whatever game in my Stream account.

 

[The Pleasure]

I just hope Windows 11 will work flawlessly with whatever game in my Stream account.

I'm sure cat simulator and your humble bundles will work just fine.

 

[Yoda]

I actually like the look more than 10. Granted I rarely use windows anymore so maybe I'm not representative of the target demographics.

 

[Blue Apple]

I hate it already.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Looks like a nice evolution from windows 10. Just stop moving shit around and renaming things. Consistency is paramount to usability.

 

[CloudNull]

The OS migration from Win7 to 10 was so many man hours at my company. This shit will be a massive headache but I guess it’s just the way things are. I really wish it was built on Linux.

 

[Kenpachii]

That's not what I am worried about. One of my duties at my job is to assist with general "computer issues" on my floor and the floor above me if I am available and the move to windows 10 was weeks and weeks of just asinine BS for me. I imagine "Windows 11" won't be very different.

I worked for a company that migrated from xp to 8, fucking horror man. It was so bad they canned it.

 

[Atrus]

I’m praying for something resource efficient, fast, is devoid of bloatware, and has a sleek, intuitive interface.

We’ll probably get none of the above.

 

[TransTrender]

Can't wait to have three generations of disparate UI elements clashing with each other while they continue to remove basic user controls and any concept of consistency as my preferences are overruled with every update.

 

[triplestation]

 

[GoldenEye Samurai]

Too bad Windows based machines are fucking garbage.

 

[nkarafo]

What happened to the idea that Windows 10 will be the final OS?

 

[NinjaMouse]

Pretty sure this will just be Windows 10 with a new coat of paint. I wouldn't get too wound up just yet.

 

[RoyalLaFlame]

I like what I see UI wise, minus the white windows in dark mode (fucking MS and their lack of consistency).

But overall has a pretty clean look, just like MacOS, which I love.

 

[bender]

I thought Windows 10 was supposed to be the Windows to end all Windows. I am not looking forward to another OS.

That was Windows NT 4.0 Workstation. It's all been downhill since.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Windows 11 = Windows 8 confirmed.

 

[Boss Mog]

Wonder if it will be free like 10 was?

Of course it'll be free, they want you to install the even better spyware they've developed.

 

[Lanrutcon]

Wonder how they'll try to make this mandatory. A specific DirectX version? Maybe Xbox ports will require Win 11? Who knows.

 

[HoodWinked]

It's an improvement from the current version.

Tiles were so bad because the legacy icons and tiles always clashed. No one gave a shit to support tiles.

The start menu is so much cleaner without them.

And the rounded corners are a nice touch the sharp flat ui from win 8 to 10 always looked like place holder and bland instead of the clean minimalist they thought they were going for.

The centered taskbar isn't something I'd use but it's a smart inclusion. We have kids that are first exposed to phones so for them it might make sense for it to be centered. Also might make more sense if it is being installed on a tablet like device.

 

[keraj37]

I hope it will be virus-free just like all the previous Windowses.

 

[INC]

I hope it has a better game mode, or an option to turn all the pointless shit off, running in the background

 

[Cattlyst]

Good video demonstration here:

Windows sure looks a lot like Mac OS these days...!

 

[Noboru Wataya]

Fast and reliable, thats all i care about. I welcome the visual changes.

 

[VN1X]

Is this from a porno?

 

[triplestation]

Is this from a porno?

yes

 

[TheContact]

You can already center your start bar by right clicking it and enabling “links” and the only other thing that looks different is the start menu

 

[Soodanim]

XP	Good
Vista	Bad
7	Good
8	Bad
10	Good
11	Uh oh

 

[GymWolf]

Can't wait to fuck up my pc with every major update.

 

[Birdo]

Still packed with bloatware that you can't uninstall.

 

[ResilientBanana]

To all whining. It looks like it’s W10 with a consistent UI overhaul.